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BATÓ, Joseph.
Defiant City.
With an introduction by J. B. Priestley.
Publisher: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1942
Stock code: 45441
Price: £65 Currency Conversion
First edition, first impression. Wounded in the First World War, Bato remained in combat areas as a war artist. His charcoal drawings from this period were published in this book. Later his career took him to film, and he subsequently became assistant art director to Alexander Korda and Vincent Korda.
Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Browning to foot of spine, light spotting to endpapers, dust jacket chipped to corners, creased to edges, small tear to head of back panel, age toned.
